Accommodations and Accessibility
The University of Notre Dame recognizes that medical conditions and disabilities are a natural part of the human experience, and we are committed to ensuring that faculty, staff, postdoctoral employees, applicants, students, and visitors have the support they need to fully participate in the life of the University.
For accessibility-related questions for faculty, staff, postdocs, applicants, and visitors, please reach out to equity@nd.edu or call 574-631-0444.
For an overview of the University’s accessibility resources: Visit the University’s Accessibility Website
Faculty, Staff, and Postdocs
If you are a faculty member, staff member, or postdoc who believes they have a disability that requires accommodation, please review this section for information regarding:
Applicants and Visitors
Applicants or visitors who believe they have a disability that requires accommodation should review the Applicants and Visitors section for accommodation information and resources.
Students
Undergraduate and graduate students, including those in professional schools, seeking accommodations may do so through Sara Bea Accessibility Program. A student who disagrees with an adverse eligibility determination and/or the denial of access to services or accommodations has the right to seek a review of such concerns in accordance with Sara Bea Accessibility Program’s Grievance Procedure.
A student who believes they have been subjected to discrimination on the basis of a disability as a result of an adverse eligibility determination and/or the denial of access to services or accommodations by the Sara Bea Accessibility Services office should make a report with OIE.
Applicable Law
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, except when such accommodation would cause an undue hardship.
A person with a disability is defined by law as someone who (1) has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more "major life activities," (2) has a record of such an impairment, or (3) is regarded as having such an impairment.
Disability determinations must be made “without regard to the ameliorative effects of mitigating measures” such as medication, hearing aids, other technology, reasonable accommodations, “learned behavioral or adaptive neurological modifications” or other such interventions – with the exception of ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses.